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BizSpark is great for technology startups - free software and $150 per month worth of Azure hosting for 3 years. That's enough to get a medium-sized VM or a ton of SQL Server databases or a whole host of other hosting resources.

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BizSpark is awesome but not all companies are startups, for those with more than 3 years, the cost is still a problem.

Maybe they can start generating some profit / attract investors?

And spending money that could be used to attract more developers or be invested in another way that not buying licenses.

Pretty much any software that you buy is going to be a rounding error in comparison to hiring a developer.

Do you skimp on hardware too?

I hate the fact but C# might actually be cheaper to hire than e.g. Java devs. Enough to pay for SQL :(.

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